AZ104-Q: Sending notifications from an alert
Q: When a metric crosses a threshold, you want to be notified by email and SMS, and optionally call a webhook. Which Azure Monitor component defines those notification destinations?
- A) Action group ✓
- B) Workbook
- C) Log Analytics workspace
- D) Diagnostic setting
Answer: A — Action group. An action group defines the set of notifications (email, SMS, push, voice) and actions (webhook, ITSM, automation runbook, Azure Function) that run when an alert fires. Alerts reference an action group. A workbook (B) is a visualization; a Log Analytics workspace (C) is where logs are stored; a diagnostic setting (D) defines which logs/metrics to send where.
Why it helps
Alerts + action groups are the standard AZ-104 monitoring pair: alert = condition, action group = who/what gets notified.